June 15, 2014

Eurig Scandrett speaking on the
Friends of the Earth International Report ‘Environmental Nakba’
- the catastrophic impact on Palestinians of Israel’s occupation, colonisation,
and apartheid.

Plus documentary, Enduring
Roots: Over a Century of Resistance to the JNF(35 mins) produced by IJAN.

The JNF’s role in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the maintenance
of an apartheid residential system has always been supported by great violence
against its victims.The murder of two
Palestinian children by Israeli snipers, caught on camera few weeks ago, is an
example.The link between the JNF and Israeli
war crimes was highlighted by the visit of TzipiLivni last month to address a JNF event in London.Livni was shielded
from the possibility of arrest for war crimes by the UK Government’s grant to
her of a temporary diplomatic status.The
JNF is an important part of the Zionist network.

They are,
nonetheless, worried. In the wake of their losing David Cameron and failing to
get Miliband or Clegg as Honorary Patrons, a Westminster
parliamentary motion condemning the JNF’s activities,
EDM
1677, attracted an unprecedented 70 MPs’ endorsement (two MPs signed a related
statement).Worryingly for the JNF, their
counter-attack
failed to dislodge a single one of the MPs who signed EDM 1677.

Determined
opposition to the JNF can defeat this racist organisation.A vigorous protest greeted the JNF’s London hosting of Livni on
Nakba Day, May 15th.In Scotland, where grassroots opposition
has been ongoing over the last decade, the determined protests that accompanied
every public JNF event has led to their cancelling all their previously regular
fundraisers, from glitzy Glasgow Hilton events with speakers like Bill Clinton
and Colin Powell to pro-am golf tournaments sponsored by Lexus.

Last September’s
report by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI),
‘Environmental
Nakba’, took the case against the JNF to a new constituency.It highlights Israel’s colonialism, water apartheid,
ethnic cleansing and the role of the JNF in Israel’s dispossession of the Palestinians.Eurig Scandrett of FoE
Scotland co-authored the report with Abeer Al Butmah from Palestine FoE and Bobby
Peek from FoE South Africa.

The international
Stop the JNF Campaign was launched
in 2010 to build on work already done around the world.Help us to
campaign against the JNF, a pillar of the apartheid system in Israel/Palestine,
an active participant in the ethnic cleansing now accelerating there, and a registered
charity in the UK (Patrons - Tony Blair and Gordon Brown).